Brian Broderick didn't have his best stuff Sunday afternoon in Altoona, but he did extremely well to pitch out of trouble and earned the victory in the Harrisburg Senators' 4-2 win.
(PAUL CHAPLIN, PennLive.com, 2012)

* Harrisburg's 4-2 victory was the team's third straight and finished a 3-1 series win against the Curve (4-6). It also kept the Senators (6-5) atop the Eastern League's Western Division standings.

* Anthony Rendon (4-for-4), the No. 1 Nationals prospect, doubled twice and drove in two runs. It was the first four-hit game of his professional career, and it raised his batting average from .235 to .316. The 22-year-old infielder has hit safely in five of his last six games and has safely reached base in all 11 contests this season. Rendon boasts a .471 on-base percentage.

* Brian Goodwin (3-for-5) also doubled twice, scored three runs and stole his first base of the season. He stretched his hitting streak to nine games. The 22-year-old center fielder is the No. 3 Nationals prospect.

* Starting pitcher Brian Broderick didn't have his best stuff, issuing his first three walks of the season and throwing a pair of wild pitches, but he was wonderful with damage control. The 26-year-old right-hander allowed just one run -- a Andy Vasquez homer to lead off the third -- on five hits in five innings to earn his first win (1-0) of the season. The Curve finished just 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position.

* Throwing three scoreless innings behind Broderick was RHP Trevor Holder, who walked one, struck out one and allowed one hit. In three long-relief appearances this season, Holder has yet to allow a run over nine innings. The 26-year-old has yielded just five hits, too.

* Though Rob Wort ran into some trouble in the ninth, allowing a run before getting yanked, Marcos Frias entered and picked up an unconventional save. With runners on first and third and nursing a two-run lead, Frias fell behind Matt Curry 3-0. But Curry had the green light and grounded into a game-ending fielder's choice. So it goes as Frias' first save of the season, and the Senators' four saves are by four different pitchers (Frias, Holder, Aaron Barrett, Pat Lehman).

* Senators manager Matt LeCroy is blessed to have two outstanding utility guys at his disposal. Jose Lozada started at shortstop Sunday and delivered a pair of RBI singles. In seven games, Lozada has been used as a pinch hitter, shortstop, first baseman, left fielder, third baseman and even emergency pitcher. Meanwhile, Sean Nicol started in left and seems to make huge defensive plays every game. In eight games, Nicol has seen time at first base, third base, second base, left field and as a pinch hitter.

* RF Steven Souza, who was leading the Senators with a .370 batting average, was placed on the disabled list Sunday with what is hoped to be a minor shoulder injury. The pain first surfaced during Wednesday's batting practice at Metro Bank Park. He started Saturday but was pulled in the fourth inning.

* In other roster moves dictated by the hamstring injury to Nationals C Wilson Ramos, former Senators C Jhonatan Solano was promoted from Triple-A Syracuse to Washington, and Senators C Jeff Howell was promoted to Syracuse. C Kris Watts, who began the season on Harrisburg's disabled list, was activated to take Howell's spot. LeCroy's roster is still one player short because of the Souza injury, and SS Josh Johnson missed his third straight game with a groin issue.

* In addition to Vasquez's home run, Altoona was led by Charles Cutler (3-for-4, run). RHP Tyler Waldron (0-2) took the loss, allowing two runs on six hits in six innings.